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The Pap smear has transformed cervical cancer from a leading killer to a rare disease in the United States. But few countries have the resources and infrastructure necessary to run organized screening programs, so the poorest regions of the world bear the brunt of this disease.

Most women in low-income countries do not have access to routine screening: only 5 percent have undergone a Pap smear in the past five years.¹ In parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, more women die from cervical cancer than from complications of childbirth. Recently, several countries, including China, Costa Rica, and India, have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Drs. Katz and Wright are editorial fellows at the Journal.

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